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"After 14 years, NIH Cancels National Children’s Study"

"Its magnitude was ambitious and unprecedented: The National Children’s Study promised to follow 100,000 American children from before birth to the age of 21. Researchers sought a better understanding of autism, obesity and cancer by tracking links between children’s environments and their health outcomes. Since 2007, Congress has appropriated about $1.3 billion to fund planning and research; millions went to four research centers in the St. Louis region alone."

Source: St. Louis Public Radio, 12/17/2014

"Drug-Resistant Malaria: the World's Next Big Health Crisis?"

"MIN SAW, Myanmar -- Ka Lar Nar caught malaria for the sixth time when he was working away from home on his small farm in the jungle of south-eastern Myanmar but this time it was a lot harder to get rid of it."

Source: Reuters, 12/17/2014

"Obama Removes Bristol Bay Area of Alaska From Oil And Gas Drilling"

"Barack Obama has announced he is removing more than 52,000 sq miles (135,000 sq km) of waters off Alaska’s coast from consideration for oil and gas exploration or drilling."

Source: AP, 12/17/2014

Koch Tortures Analogy in EPA Attack

"A conservative energy group is comparing regulations to curb carbon pollution proposed by the Obama administration to CIA torture tactics recently detailed by a controversial Senate report."

Source: The Hill, 12/16/2014

"Keystone XL Pipeline May No Longer Make Economic Sense, Experts Say"

"Amid the shouting on Capitol Hill, the wads of campaign cash and the activist careers shaped around the Keystone XL pipeline, the project at the flash point of America's energy debate now confronts a problem bigger than politics. It may no longer pencil out."

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

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US and India To Announce Joint Climate Change Action During Obama Visit

"America and India will unveil joint efforts to fight climate change when Barack Obama visits New Delhi next month, as the US tries to keep up the momentum of international negotiations."

Source: Guardian, 12/16/2014

"Oyster Herpes’ Killer Virus Threatens $4 Billion Industry"

"Herpes has devastated 26 percent of France’s oyster production since the summer of 2008. Halfway around the world in Australia, the virus killed 10 million oysters in three days."

Source: Bloomberg, 12/16/2014

"Snail Harmful To Ducks Spreading in Great Lakes"

"MUSKEGON, Mich. — Scientists say an invasive European snail that carries parasites fatal to some aquatic birds is spreading across the Great Lakes region."

Source: AP, 12/16/2014

"Road Salt Leading To Rising Chloride Levels in Streams, Study Finds"

"Road salt is a big help to roads and sidewalks in the winter, but it wreaks havoc in many streams in the northern United States, including Milwaukee."

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/16/2014

"Congress To Nutritionists: Don't Talk About The Environment"

"A government-appointed group of top nutrition experts, assigned to lay the scientific groundwork for a new version of the nation's dietary guidelines, decided earlier this year to collect data on the environmental implication of different food choices."

Source: NPR, 12/16/2014

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